To:G. Y. ZINOVIEV

Written:Written prior to April 18, 1916Published:First published in 1964 inCollectedWorks, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 49.

      Sent from Zurich to Berne.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,[1977],

      Moscow,Volume 43,

      pages531-532a.Translated:Martin Parker and Bernard IsaacsTranscription\Markup:R. CymbalaPublic Domain:Lenin Internet Archive

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TodayIsentyou aparcel.

(1)Iam sending our theses; whole sentences have beenomittedfrom them. Please insert themimmediately(you have the rough
copy) and return to me atonce(for Platten).

(2)Haveyou another copy? I am afraid Grimm may let us down. That will
leave uswithoutour theses on the eve of the conference, and at
the conference!!

(3)Iam a bit uncertain whether it is worth while my going to the
conference. There is no mandate (from the Letts) and there probably won’t
be. To attend as a “guest” would be rather awkward, I’m afraid; I may be
turned away for all I know (the decision of the 5–8.II.1916 meeting is not
binding on the
conference).[3]

Whatdoes Radek say to this?

(4)IsRadek “hiding” Fröhlich or not?A numberof
meetings of the Lefts andformalconferences are needed.

(5)Fröhlichand others will bearrested(I assure you) if
they live in Berne. It is our duty to tell Fröhlich and the others: if
youdon’twant to be arrested, go to some secluded nook (somewherenearthe conference; Grimm should tellthemwhere it will
be); that’s the only way to avoid arrest. And a meeting of theLeftscould be arranged there.

Talkit over with Radek and Fröhlich (what about the
				Serb?[1]You say nothing about him) and let me know.

(6)TheLedebourites, that is the Kautskyites, will probably mess up
thewholeconference!!Everyonewill be looking at them!!

Howmany will there be from the I.S.D.?2(Fr.+....[2])?

Andfrom theInternationale?

(7)Wemust be prepared tolightMartov and Axelrod over the
mandate. Do you undertake to collect materialpoint by pointof
No. 2 of theBulletin(fromNash
Golos+Self-Defence+Chkheidze’s and Chkhenkeli’s speeches and
so on?)? If you do, you must start atonce.

(8)AFrench translation of our theses ought to be made (Inessa will
probably agree), for I don’t think Grimm will do it.

Salut,Lenin

[1]Thisrefers to Katzlerowitch, a representative of the Serbian
Social-Democrats.—Ed.

[2]Oneword in the manuscript is illegible.—Ed.

[3]Thisrefers to the trip to attend the Second International Socialist
Conference. At the meeting of the enlarged I.S.C. held in Berne on
February 5–9, 1916, it was decided that the Conference in Kienthal could
be attended by all those who had participated in the Zimmerwald
Conference. Lenin attended the Kienthal Conference as a representative of
the C.C., R.S.D.L.P.